s the political pressure felt by both sides. In the West Bank, Fatah has endured never- ending crises revolving around [Israeli] settlement efforts, Judaization and the failure of negotiations, while Hamas has had to contend with the siege and the dispute with Egypt. And fourth was the attempt by some Arab

stands idly by? Israel is pushing the entire region to the brink by pursuing its aggressive policies of continued settlement and wall-building, the Judaization of Jerusalem, the desecration of holy sites—especially the Al-Aqsa Mosque— and the siege of the Gaza Strip by land and sea—not to mention the unrel